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BEHIND
THE MASK: A BRIEF HISTORY OF HOTT BEAT
It all started at a desperately bad, strobe light infested gay dance club.
Accomplished artists and moguls in their own right, the two members of
Hott Beat were brought together through their love/hate relationship with
bad club mixes and their love/love relationship with the finer things
in life (i.e. gourmet foods). After many a night commiserating over the
bad Destiny’s Child remixes pulsating throughout Club Fangdoodle
(name changed to protect the not-so-innocent), and many more a night dining
at white table cloth restaurants, Jason P. Barnett (KY) and Angela S.
Melkisethian (Hottessa) joined cosmic forces to create the spastic, krunked
out, disgustingly catchy musical smorgasbord know as Hott Beat.
From their very first practice, they knew their artistic love child, bred
from drrrrty politically informed aggro punk and complex yet catchy synth
pop, would spread infectious joy and improvised dance moves to all who
were exposed to it. A common mantra in the practice room became “this
is too good!” Half the time they cheered these words they were not
even intoxicated. So it was with pleasure that they publicly debuted their
joyful creation in August of 2002. A few months later they had more than
a mouthful of shows under their rhinestoned belts and a growing mass of
fans who would of surely supplied them with a foot massage if asked. Among
the groups they were lucky enough to share the bill were Bay Area wunderkinds
Da Hawnay Troof, Glass Candy and the Shattered Theater, the formidable
Gravy Train!!!, and modern traveling chanteuse Mirah. From sweaty house
shows to champagne-fueled club appearances, Hott Beat impressed audiences
with their frenzied live act complete with a masked singer, props, and
blazing live keyboards.
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